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Friday, September 6, 2013

Treasures by Tan ~ After Shock

Treasures by Tan ~ After Shock

Cherry linear holo

It’s not a secret that I haven’t been
impressed with the Treasure by Tan holos that I bought on Etsy. I don’t think
they’re opaque enough and I also don’t think the holo is quite strong enough.
It’s taking me quite a while to get all six of them tested, since I’m not
totally thrilled; you know what I mean?

One thing I do know: I love it when my manis
pop! So I decided to use the brightest red I have as underwear for this cherry
coloured holo. I used Revlon’s “Fire Fox”, which is a bright red matte suede,
that covers perfectly in two easy coats. Drying time is great too, you can
literarily sit and watch it dry because it dries up semi matte!

Here’s the base colour for the holo; two coats
and no topcoat:

It’s a nice “in your face” red, I like it!

Now for the holo. I applied two coats of
“After Shock”. It applies easily and doesn’t pull on the polish underneath it.
Drying time is really slow though. I waited really patiently but it seemed like
forever before it was dry. I didn’t apply a topcoat yet – I’m not done yet :D

Two coats over the bright red Revlon:

It’s nice and bright, but the holo isn’t very
strong, which is disappointing!

This is actually as strong as I can make it
look. I give credit to the underlaying polish for the fact that I actually like
the colour! :D

Then I decided for some easy nail art. I used
OPI liquid sand “Honey Ryder” from the Bond Girls collection. I made stripes on
three of the nails. Then I used a mini craft punch and cut out hearts in
masking tape. Then I placed the tape on the ring finger and the thumb and
sponged “Honey Ryder” on before quickly removing the tape. And alas: Even half
an hour after the last coat of “After Shock” the polish wasn’t quite dry, and
the tape pulled on the mani. Argh!

Here’s the final mani after one layer of
topcoat:

And here’s the craft punch that I bought
really cheap in a local dollar store:

I’m not really a gold kind of girl, but I kind
of like this :D The red holo ended up in my box of shame and has already found a new home, along with some of her sisters.